They want their children allowed to join Standard Eight so they can finish their primary school education.

Karisa Konde said his 19-year-old son, Fikiri Konde, had been told to repeat Standard Seven.

"This was despite the fact that I had already paid Sh920 registration fee for this year's KCPE examinations. This is not right and the decision should be reversed," he said, adding that he did not know where his son was.

"My son went missing after he was told to repeat the class. He did not like the idea," he said.

"Another problem is that the police will arrest us if they find our children at home. It is Government policy that all children go to school. Yet ours have refused because they are being made to repeat classes. What do we do now? I do not want to go to jail,” he said.

“I don't want my son to repeat again. I will support him so he can finish his primary education, even if he fails KCPE. It will not be the end of the world."